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Py4CAtS - Python scripts for Computational ATmospheric Spectroscopy is a Python re-implementation of the Fortran infrared radiative transfer code GARLIC, where compute-intensive code sections utilize the Numeric/Scientific Python modules for highly optimized array-processing. The individual steps of an infrared or microwave radiative transfer computation are implemented in separate scripts to extract lines of relevant molecules in the spectral range of interest, to compute line-by-line cross sections for given pressure(s) and temperature(s), to combine cross sections to absorption coefficients and optical depths, and to integrate along the line-of-sight to transmission and radiance/intensity. The basic design of the package, numerical and computational aspects relevant for optimization, and a sketch of the typical workflow are presented. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Nadir observations in the shortwave infrared channels of SCIAMACHY onboard the ENVISAT satellite can be used to derive information on CO, CH4, N2O, CO2, and H2O. BIRRA (Beer InfraRed Retriaval Algorithm) is a nonlinear least squares fit of the measured radiance: Trace gas vertical profiles are scaled to fit the observed data, further auxiliary parameters are code dependent. Here we discuss some features of the code and present results of carbon monoxide vertical column densities retrieved from SCIAMACHY infrared nadir observations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]